Diary entry 5

Ever since the witch’s betrayal from yesterday, I started to question certain aspects of this continent. The witch didn’t live far from civilization, didn’t make any extreme precautions for her hiding place, and no one bothered to look to see if she existed. This sort of behavior is strange. Everything lines up perfectly for me. I get bullied for motivation, I get a job that is perfect for my expertise in alchemy which very generously gave me the exact ingredients for the antidote of the exact snake venom that they gave me. I still didn’t make anything but it’s still strange that they gave me practically the entire arsenal of beckers which is strange since I’m not officially a full-fledged alchemist, only an apprentice. Why does it feel as if everything is being given to me?

I MAY HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT

You again? I thought you disappeared for good when you gave me my second life.

WHO SAID THAT I’LL DISAPPEAR? I NEVER SAID ANYTHING OF THE SORT.

So you think that you can just barge in out of nowhere and simply talk to me whenever you please? Aren’t you a god? Don’t you have duties to attend to?

I DID… UNTIL YOU STARTED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MY DESIGN OF YOUR LIFE.

Excuse me?

YOU WERE GETTING SLOW, I STARTED TO GET IMPATIENT. SO I SPED THINGS UP A NOTCH.

What do you mean? You have all of the time in the world. You are a god. What’s the point of defying my time limit if you’re going to set everything up for me? That’s not defiance. It’s simply making me a path.

YOU DARE QUESTION THE WILL OF THE DARK GOD?!

I do. Because I’m not a puppet. I’m a human who’ll make his path.

FINE. I WON’T INTERVENE. BUT IF YOU EVER WRITE DOWN A SINGLE SHRED OF DOUBT TOWARDS ME, I’LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU LIVE YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE THOUSAND FOLD.

Well, that was something. He made me lose my thought. I have to work on the antidote. Sure the apothecary gave me an antidote, but it only dimmed down my symptoms. I can create something that will nullify all of the effects. Can't stay in bed for too long. Let’s see… the poison showed the symptoms of blurry vision and twitching muscles. The venom was from a demon snake. Good thing that that god did me that favor, if not I wouldn’t have received any medical assistance and I would have died. I should write the antidote.

Snake venom antidote

Ingredients

10 8 leafed clovers 1000 ml of dead slime 3 drops of pure healer’s blood (Not tainted with poison like mine) Horn of a demon snake 4 centimeters long A tear of a gorgon

I (Surprised that they have all of these ingredients. I know the Dark god pulled some strings but this is a lot of rarity items)

Steps to create the antidote:

Using a heavy object, break the horn of a demon snake to gain fresh marrow of the bone and place that same marrow into a small glass vial and close it. Leave the vial untouched until its color changes from black to white from the loss of air. While you’re waiting for the marrow to change its color, take 5 of the 8 leafed clovers and use a clean mortar (the kitchen appliance) to stomp down on the clovers until it becomes a liquid substance. Mix the now liquid clovers with the tear of a gorgon, changing the hue of the liquid to red. Use 200 ml of the dead slime to mend the marrow of the horn with the red clover liquid and let it stand for 5 minutes. While you’re waiting, use the remaining 5 clovers and place them into a separate beaker, and add 1 of the drops of the healer’s blood. Mix the 5 clovers with the blood using 300 ml of the dead slime and a clean metal utensil to the point of when the liquid turns crimson red. Mix the two substances into one of the beakers, and add the remaining 500 ml of dead slime. Let the mixed substance stand for 5 minutes, and add the remaining 2 blood drops of a pure healer and use a clean metallic utensil to mix the last ingredient.

Cautions:

If you use impure healer blood, you’ll be affected by the effects of the ailments in their blood. (Ex. If they’re affected with paralysis, you’ll get paralyzed as well. But permanently) The tear of the gorgon has to come from a species of metallic bulls NOT THE SNAKE HUMANOID SISTERS. (It’s confusing) Have patience. If you rush the process, you’ll only make your current condition worse. Side effects may include weakened limbs, headaches, thoughts of cannibalism, berserk state, self-devouring.

I finished the antidote. No matter how dangerous it is, the Horn of the demon snake must be used to have the same base as the poison. When the antidote is used, it’ll make the poison less susceptible to counterattack. It tastes disgusting, to say the least. I gagged from drinking it. In 10 minutes, I’ll try to eat my parents who are currently downstairs arguing again. I’ll need to stop writing so that I could barricade myself in and not break anything. I won’t go berserk, I’ll just be hungering for human flesh unless I used too much of the demon snake horn bone marrow. That would be a giant problem. It will only last 5 minutes.

It was a disaster. Not only did my feral faze last for 10 minutes, but I also went berserk. I must’ve misinterpreted how long the horn should be. I destroyed the majority of the objects in my room. Luckily, I didn’t break my bed. Good thing I put all of the vials and my journal outside of the room just in case. What’s even worse though is that I ate one of my fingers on my right hand which I use the majority of the time. It’s the smallest finger on the hand which is the outermost finger on the hand. Another problem arose, my father took all of the alchemical equipment. Which means that he wants to sell it just to gamble even more money. Knowing him though, he will want as much money as possible so he won’t go to the apothecary. He’ll probably go to some pawnshop or something. I can’t look today, since the numbness in my body won’t subside until tomorrow after I sleep. I can barely sit, let alone, write. So I’ll end my writing for the day early.

I’m Karas Pesuto and this is -